>>jonathan: computer models from the federal government here in the u.s. actually track the tsunami that happened in japan. this is where it started. essentially the whole pacific ocean was affected over to the california coast. let's set isn't a motion. you could see it radiates out from this spot here and goes pretty much in all directions in a series of circles. it's going to go in australia, why, and then there is the united states which is one to get hit. you could see in about 78 hours, right about nine hours that's when it starts making landfall in the united states. here is the bay area right now. notice how the waves are bouncing back off the land. that's how this anomaly creates a much damage as more waves of the tsunami hit the coast. you could see other waves bounce back increate this auction where after a house or car is swept inland, it gets swept back out again. those sort of reverberations great just as much damage as the actual initial wave. it's not just one wave, they keep reverberating we're looking at 22 hours there and you could see t